---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "Utah SB 141 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Welfare", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Foster Care", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14T20:20:55+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:35:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1beec9-ba8a-442d-a6b8-5cd8467d360f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0141.html"
source_hash: "add69072b906bf647da17ad07bc44cc26bdd8bb8a9fccfce01da2ba61c5a813f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 141 (2026) — Child Welfare Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0141.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0141 To SB0141S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0141S01 To SB0141S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0141S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0141S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0141.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Watkins, Christine F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-14T20:20:55+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-14T20:20:55+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-14T20:20:56+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0141
- **2026-01-14T20:20:56+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0141
- **2026-01-15T17:34:31+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T15:03:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0141
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:05:12+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0141S01
- **2026-01-20T22:05:12+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0141S01
- **2026-01-21T17:09:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0141
- **2026-01-21T17:46:13+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T22:12:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0141S01
- **2026-01-23T02:13:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0141S01
- **2026-01-26T20:23:02+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0141S02
- **2026-01-26T20:23:02+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0141S02
- **2026-01-26T21:49:05+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-01-26T21:49:50+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:31+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-01-27T18:15:32+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T15:44:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0141S02
- **2026-01-28T16:00:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0141S02
- **2026-02-09T22:09:04+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T22:11:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T18:56:08+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:58:14+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:58:15+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-10T19:40:59+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T21:07:36+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-11T19:32:28+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T15:20:12+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:21:19+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:21:20+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:47:38+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:52:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:52:08+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:52:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T21:29:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T21:29:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-22T19:53:57+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-22T19:53:58+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T17:48:13+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T17:48:16+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:35:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1beec9-ba8a-442d-a6b8-5cd8467d360f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).